A blog for the Alexandria, Virginia, Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Monday, August 4, 2014

Looking Back on the July
29th Chapter Meeting and Put Together Contest

Hi all - Rick
Wagner prepared this Looking Back report for us. Thanks to him and Todd Rykstarsyk for filling in while I
am on vacation. Jack – YeEd

Subject: RE: Put Together Result

Though the crowd was not
huge, it was energetic and the Harmonizers presented another successful Put
Together Quartet contest. Bob Blair with
assistance set up the hall for the contest by 6:30. Quartets were madly
prepping for the contest from 6:30 to 7:30 with last minute rehearsals, quartet
member changes, making up names, etc. The contest started at 7:30. The event
was "put together" by Calvin
Schnure. Lew Klinge served as MC
for the Contest providing some history on Wilbur
Sparks and the origin of the Put Together Contest. All toll twelve separate
quartets competed and everybody did a fine job. Awards were handed ou t for
best comedy quartet and third, second, and first place quartets. Our special
guest judges were "THE MONORAIL FOUR", current Southern Division
Champs. They were Bobby Seay, Phil
Ferguson, Andrew Havens, and Kellen
Hertz. The judges did a great job and entertained the crowd with a couple
of selections after the contest. A good time was had by all. The results of the
contest were Best Comedy Quartet was M*A*S*H Q with Randy Lazear, TJ Donahue,
Nathan Ritter, and Calvin Schnure who
entertained the crowd with a clever parody, "Something About A
Shoulder". The third place quartet was "Brigade Island Boys"
with Doug White, Kevin Mckenzie, Joel
Golden, Calvin Schnure, singing "Where the Southern Roses Grow".
They were preparing for Harmony Brigade and did a fine job with one of the
Brigade numbers. The second place quartet was "Cool Cats" with Doug White, Will Cox, Jacob George, and Joel Golden, who gave us a
"jazzy" version of "My Wild Irish Rose". Taking top honors
was "Coney Island Hot Dogs" with Carl
Kauffman, Clyde Crusenberry, Joel Golden, and Steve Murane who gave us a rousing rendition of "Coney Island
Babe" with skimmers and all. The evening was ended with Doug White directing "Keep the
Whole World Singing".

Regards,

Rick

Until next time –
editorjack!

(This message is
prepared for your review if you were there, for your information if you had to
miss, and as a historical record of the great things going on each week during
the 66th year of the Alexandria Harmonizer Chapter. —YeEd.)